Religion

Author, professor, speaker and teaching pastor Lee Strobel will be the second featured guest Tuesday at "City Center Conversations: Conversations About God, Life, and Faith in the City" at Little Rock's Statehouse Convention Center. Continue reading...

Rodney Slater, the former U.S. Secretary of Transportation; and C. Dennis Edwards of Little Rock will speak at Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, 815 W. 16th St., in honor of its Men's Day on Sunday. Continue reading...

Faith United Methodist Church, 9820 W. Markham St., will have Lenten Lunch-Ins Wednesdays through March 28 at noon in the sanctuary, with a light lunch afterward in the Fellowship Hall. (501) 225-4286. Continue reading...

In the world of woke Twitter, House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana is a white-supremacist, fundamentalist, homophobic NRA lackey who has tested God's patience by opposing gun control. Continue reading...

Rachael Denhollander's children recently asked her a question that continues to show her the cost of coming forward against sports physician and convicted sex offender Larry Nassar, a campaign which has given her a platform to speak out about a sexual abuse scandal in Sovereign Grace Ministries, a network of churches mostly based across the United States. Continue reading...

St. James United Methodist Church in Fayetteville, 5 N. Willow Ave., serves its annual "Soul Food Dinner" from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. today. Cost is $7 per plate, with proceeds going to the church's restoration fund. Continue reading...

Our weaknesses allow God’s power to reign

I'm like you. I love to be outside. I love the trails and the rocks and the stars and the clouds. I love the smell of the forest, the sound of the river and the soft feeling of the wind in my hair. I've seen a bird's nest hanging precariously over the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, a baby mountain goat asleep in the fog in the Badlands and a mama bear scratching her booty on a pine tree right off Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park. Richard Rohr says that creation was God's first Bible. I agree. Continue reading...

HOUSTON -- Light peeking through stained glass windows illuminated the melancholy faces of the men of United Orthodox Synagogues as they put on their traditional tefillin and tallit to prepare for the temple's last morning prayer. They bowed their heads alongside the women in the congregation, separated by a cloth partition. Continue reading...

Quran shows Islam treats women equally

It is widely believed in the West that Islam stands in opposition to women's rights. However, even a cursory study of the Holy Quran leaves a strong impression that Islam treats women just the same as men, with love and respect, grants them equal rights and places a very high expectation on both in terms of moral and spiritual growth. The Quran promises equal reward for both. Continue reading...